List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with A

Alvin

The name Alvin is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Alvin is: Wise friend. From the Old English Aetheiwine, and also Aefwine, both meaning noble friend. Various forms of Alvin in use after the Norman Conquest became surnames, and also first names.

Meaning: Noble friend or elf friend Origin: English

Alvina

The name Alvina is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Alvina is: Wise friend. Friend of the elves. Feminine form of Alvin: From the Old English Aetheiwine, and also Aefwine, both meaning noble friend.

Meaning: Friend to all, noblefriend, Highest, Height Origin: Old English

Amberly

Arabic Meaning: The name Amberly is an Arabic baby name. In Arabic the meaning of the name Amberly is: A jewel-quality fossilized resin; as a color the name refers to a warm honey shade.

Meaning: Amber Origin: English

Anamaria

Meaning of name Ana-Maria. Etymology : Grace(Favor) (Hebrew). The one who raises(brings up) (Hebrew). Saint : Origin : Spanish.

Meaning: A combination Origin: English

Acton

(AK-tən)

Acton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of several places, especially in Shropshire and adjacent counties, named Acton. Generally, these are from Old English ac 'oak' + tun 'settlement'.

Meaning: From an oak tree town Origin: English

Adamaris

(AY-də-mə-RIS)

Adamaris is a form of the Latin adamō meaning "I love truly, earnestly, deeply or greatly; covet", from ad 'near, at; towards, to' and amō 'love'. It may also be considered a combination of Ada and Maris, or a variant of Damaris with the prefix A-.

Meaning: Graceful and noble Origin: English

Addison

(AD-i-sən)

Addison is an Old English given name whose etymological meaning is "son of Adam." Addison is also a Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Addie", a Scottish Lowlands nickname for Adam.

Meaning: Adam's child Origin: English

Adolf

(AH-dawlf)

The name Adolf is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Adolf is: Old German 'Adalwolf' meaning noble wolf. Used by 17th and 18th century German royal families, and introduced into Britain by the Hanoverians.

Meaning: Distinguished or strong wolf Origin: English, Germanic

Aethelred

(ee-THEL-red)

The epithet “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns on his name, which means “noble counsel.” ... By the end of 1013 the Danish king Sweyn I had been accepted as king in England, and Ethelred had fled to Normandy.

Meaning: Wise or learned counselor Origin: English

Africa

(AF-ri-kə)

The origin of Afer may either come from: -the Phoenician `afar, dust; -the Afri, a tribe—possibly Berber—who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area; -the Greek word aphrike, meaning without cold; -or the Latin word aprica, meaning sunny.

Meaning: Cave Origin: English, Latin